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People wearing face masks walk past a bank's electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index at Hong Kong Stock Exchange in Hong Kong Tuesday, April 13, 2021. Asian shares were mostly higher on Tuesday with hopes growing for a global economic rebound despite worries over renewed surges in coronavirus cases. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
Asian shares gain despite virus worries; China exports rise

By Yuri Kageyama Apr. 12, 2021 02:53 AM EDT

People walk past a bank's electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index at Hong Kong Stock Exchange in Hong Kong Monday, April 12, 2021. Asian shares were lower on Monday, as investors grew wary over the recent surge in coronavirus cases in many places while vaccinations are making scant headway. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
Asian shares decline on vaccine, virus worries

By Elaine Kurtenbach Apr. 12, 2021 12:03 AM EDT

People walk past a bank's electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index in Hong Kong Thursday, April 8, 2021. Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Thursday after a mixed close on Wall Street, where gains for several Big Tech stocks nudged the S&P 500 to a second record high in three days.(AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
Asian shares mostly higher after S&P record high

By Elaine Kurtenbach Apr. 07, 2021 03:20 AM EDT

A man wearing a protective mask walks in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm Wednesday, April 7, 2021, in Tokyo. Asian shares were mixed Wednesday after Wall Street took a breather, with major indexes edging lower. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Asian stocks mixed after lackluster day on Wall Street

By Yuri Kageyama Apr. 06, 2021 02:52 AM EDT

A currency trader wearing a face mask talks with his colleague at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Asian shares were mixed Tuesday after a Wall Street rally that reflected some optimism about the economy recovering from the damage of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Asian stocks mixed after Wall St rally on economic optimism

By Yuri Kageyama Apr. 05, 2021 02:13 AM EDT

A currency trader passes by screens showing foreign exchange rates at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, April 5, 2021. Asian stock markets were mostly higher Monday after Wall Street hit a record high on optimism the spread of coronavirus vaccines might allow global business to return to normal.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Asian stocks up after Wall St. record amid vaccine optimism

Apr. 04, 2021 11:30 PM EDT

Storage tanks are seen at the North Jiddah bulk plant, an Aramco oil facility, in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, March 21, 2021. Saudi Arabia’s state-backed oil giant Aramco announced Sunday that its profits nearly halved in 2020 to $49 billion, a big drop that came as the coronavirus pandemic roiled global energy markets. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
Saudi minister urges caution on oil production levels

By David Mchugh Apr. 01, 2021 09:38 AM EDT

A currency trader watches monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, April 1, 2021. Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher Thursday after Japan and South Korea reported unexpectedly strong economic data and President Joe Biden announced a $2.3 trillion U.S. infrastructure spending plan. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Asian stocks follow Wall St. up on strong Japan, Korea data

By Joe Mcdonald Mar. 31, 2021 03:02 AM EDT

People wearing face masks walk by an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Wednesday, March 31, 2021. Asian shares were mixed Wednesday as data showed a strong economic recovery in China but worries lingered about the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
Asian shares mixed on China rebound, pandemic worries

By Yuri Kageyama Mar. 30, 2021 03:08 AM EDT

People walk past a bank's electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index in Hong Kong Tuesday, March 30, 2021. Asian shares were mixed in listless trading Tuesday after U.S. stocks finished mostly lower as cause for optimism, such as the Suez Canal reopening, mixed with caution about the vaccine rollout. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
Asian shares mixed after Wall St. fall, mixed market signs

By Yuri Kageyama Mar. 29, 2021 02:33 AM EDT

A man walks past a bank's electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index at the stock exchange in Hong Kong Monday, March 29, 2021. Asian stocks rose Monday after Wall Street hit a new high and investors were encouraged by government stimulus and the rollout of coronavirus vaccines. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
Asian stocks advance on vaccine, stimulus optimism

By Joe Mcdonald Mar. 29, 2021 12:09 AM EDT

Currency traders talk near the screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), left, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won at the foreign exchange dealing room in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, March 26, 2021. Shares were higher across Asia on Friday after a strong gains on Wall Street driven by hopes for a powerful recovery from the pandemic. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Asian stocks advance on optimism over pandemic recovery

By Elaine Kurtenbach Mar. 25, 2021 03:05 AM EDT

Currency traders watch monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, March 25, 2021. Shares advanced in Asia on Thursday after a broad decline on Wall Street led by selling of tech heavyweights like Facebook and Apple. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Asian markets push higher despite tech sell-off on Wall St

By Elaine Kurtenbach Mar. 24, 2021 02:55 AM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2020 file photo, a sign for Wall Street is carved in the side of a building. Banks and energy stocks are leading major U.S. indexes mostly lower in the early going on Wall Street, while gains for some Big Tech companies like Microsoft nudged the Nasdaq slightly higher. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
Asia stocks follow Wall Street down on renewed virus worries

By Joe Mcdonald Mar. 23, 2021 02:05 AM EDT

A man walks past a bank's electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index at Hong Kong Stock Exchange Tuesday, March 23, 2021. Asian stock markets were mixed Tuesday after Wall Street rose on gains for tech stocks and reassurance by the U.S. Federal Reserve of support for an economic recovery. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
Asian stocks mixed after Wall St rises on tech gains

By Joe Mcdonald Mar. 21, 2021 11:42 PM EDT

A man wearing a protective mask walks in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm Friday, March 19, 2021, in Tokyo. Asian stock markets followed Wall Street lower on Friday after rising U.S. bond yields pulled stocks lower, dampening enthusiasm driven by the Federal Reserve's promise of low interest rates. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Asian markets follow Wall St lower after Fed bump

By Joe Mcdonald Mar. 18, 2021 01:58 AM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 23, 2020 file photo, a street sign is displayed at the New York Stock Exchange in New York. Stocks were mixed in early trading on Monday, March 15, 2021, as investors sifted a mixed bag of data from China. Wall Street continues to eye the bond market, where yields gave back some of last week's gains. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
Asia shares mostly higher after US stocks gain for fifth day

By Yuri Kageyama Mar. 15, 2021 05:13 AM EDT

Currency traders watch computer monitors near the screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), left, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won at the foreign exchange dealing room in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, March 12, 2021. Stocks were mixed in Asia on Friday after broad gains lifted several major indexes to all-time highs on Wall Street.(AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Asian shares mixed after stimulus lifts Dow, S&P to records

By Elaine Kurtenbach Mar. 11, 2021 06:39 AM EST

A currency trader stretches at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, March 11, 2021. Stocks climbed in Asia on Thursday after a key measure of inflation in the U.S. came in lower than expected, easing worries that price pressures could push interest rates higher. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Asian shares advance as yields, inflation fears moderate

By Elaine Kurtenbach Mar. 10, 2021 01:21 AM EST

A man walks by an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Wednesday, March 10, 2021. Shares are higher in Asia after gains for major tech companies powered a 3.7% surge in the Nasdaq, the largest jump for the index in four months. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
Asian stocks follow Wall St higher after tech rally

By Joe Mcdonald Mar. 09, 2021 04:06 AM EST